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And when seniors are able to trust that the guarantee of programs they have paid into, medicare and social security, will be ther when needed, we live up to some of our country's most vital responsibilities. the department of health and human services has a critical role to play in our ongoing work to meet each of these goals and many more. that is why in evaluating a nominee for secretary of health and human services, i consider whether the nominee has a record of putting people first, not politics, not partisanship or those at the top, whether they will put science first, not ideology and wh...

He has all of his paperwork in place before the finance committee, including the letter of agreement wh the office of government ethics which is on the website and available to members of this committee as well as others. and so it's my hope would be that in our seven minutes of questions that we'd have time to focus on the responsibilities of the department of health and human services rather than have a continuing discussion about the number of minutes. there will be an opportunity following the hearing to ask written questions of dr. price as well. dr. price, if you are confirmed to lead th...

What remains of the law that did the damage and created all this risk. i know that the president-elect has said that after you are confirmed, which is, i hope, fairly early in february, that he will propose a plan to congress. i look forward to that plan. and i know you can't tell us what that plan is today, but i do look forward to hearing from you how you suggest we approach this. we want to do this right. we want to sequence the events carefully and adequately so americans have concrete practical alternatives in place of what's there today. and we want to make sure that the parts of obamaca...

Your wife betty who is here with you as well. but before i speak about this nominee, i do want to say that we remain deeply disappointed in last night where democrats were blocked from asking more than one round of questions on betsy devos who is the nominee for secretary of education. and are disappointed that we are rushing this hearing as well. mr. chairman, you said seven minutes, but i will just say, i don't think any of us in prior nominees that you keep pointing to ever thought if i don't ask for another question, i have just set a precedent. in fact, i think that there is no example of...

The president's health care law. that's why so much focus on him from democrats, hallie. >> even though this is not his official confirmation hearing, the one that ends up in the record boards to get him to the senate floor for a vote. this is the first time he'll be facing senators as a cabinet nominee, someone tasked with shepherding through this replacement plan. i'm told we shouldn't necessarily expect price to get into the nitty-gritty of what the replacement plan will be. it's going to be more broad strokes, broad principles. what's the sense you're getting from members of congress who a...